I have a 95 with original antennae.

Silicon spray is what I use to lube the antennae and what I tell everyone
else to use. Regular maintenance throughout the winter is a must.

The biggest problem I have had is that the antennae gets bent in the wind
and so it must be carefully unbent to prevent jamming.

My '99 Maxima GLE is just passing 80,000 miles.  I've had it since mid
1999 at the end of the model year when they had $6,000 discounts on left
over models.

I haven't entered information in my Excel spreadsheet recently but for
the first 60,000 miles I have averaged ***22.2 mpg***.

Best on the road at 45 or so in Yosemite and mostly downhill and then 65
mph out of the park has been around 28 mpg.  That's from Mammoth Lakes,
CA on the eastern side of the Sierra and then up Tioga Pass from around
7,000 feet to the summit at 10,000 feet and then down Tioga Pass through
Yosemite and into Oakdale that is about 9,000 feet or more lower than the
summit of Tioga Pass.  I routinely get 26-28 mpg in that stretch.  It's
hard to be downhill!

Around town in stop and go driving I will get around 17 mpg or 18 mpg if
I'm lucky.

Since the first 20,000 miles when I used mid grade gasoline that's been
with REGULAR.  The figures are identical for both grades of gasoline
however.  I've always used the cheapest gasoline available, ARCO for
several years and lately others with the 5% rebate on gas credit cards
since ARCO won't accept credit cards.  I have to buy the California
gasoline that loses some energy content during the summer in particular
with the additives to meet the CA smog requirements.  And now with the
"Midwestern Corn Farmers Subsidy Act" we have to have the useless Ethanol
as an additive.

And I've replaced the antenna once or twice and onece on my wife's '95
Altima.  I recently sold with 50K miles on it after a bunch of things
needed to be done and before replacing all 4 tires.  It was becoming a
$$$$ sink and one of the CSRs at a local Nissan dealer got a GOOD DEAL on
it.  -  Her 2006 Corolla LE gets much better mileage -  37-38 mph at the
speed limit on the highway when I drive.

common_, sense@netscape.com wrote:

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So you're in UK?  Or?

At the moment, in Southern California, I am paying $3.59 per gallon
(U.S.) of 87 octane gas.  Higher octane is higher prices.
Calif usually has higher prices than rest of country.

Can't afford to go anywhere.  Back to the Big Blue Bus!

Aspasia